[Hinter]

Real Madrid made me happy.

This post has been edited by Hinter: 05 March 2013 - 09:40 PM

[Macros]

you'd think Clatenberg would have taken the time to consult the linesman before denying spurs a clear goal when Carroll "saved" it
You can't know how it looked from the ref's perspective, he has a job, he's doing it. If he fails in his job he'll get the sack, Fergie will surely squeal like a cut pig if its as bad as the facebookers are making it out to be.
You can be damned sure he'll get more scrutiny and abuse about this one decision than Webb and Clatenbergs combined bullshit calls.

[Gothos]

Macros, on 05 March 2013 - 09:33 PM, said:

and what, ref's don't make mistakes? are they suddenly infallible robots?

"Fergie's cheque must have bounced" was the best response I've seen yet, although my "Hardly the first dodgy decision at Old Trafford to be fair" did garner a few likes, hate filled rebukes and one touché

That's why there should be on-site verification of their decisions... camera, action! or else you get peasants like this piece of shit ref turning a match into a circus

[Macros]

you should mention something to do with him being a foreigner, call him a turkish prick, really get into the manchester spirit

[Gothos]

his lack of professionalism speaks enough even if I wanted to

edit: not to mention I'm a "foreigner". and being british doesn't stop a ref from being a retard, like Howard Webb

This post has been edited by Gothos: 05 March 2013 - 09:50 PM

[Macros]

you really do make a compelling case for why I often wonder why anyone would want to be a ref.
I make a mistake at work I generally blow something up, sometimes its expensive shit. But I don't get death threats and only my boss calls me stupid or a piece of shit.
never been called a peasant

ETA: I know you're not a Brit Gothos, I was suggesting you become one of the horrid middle england fuckwits who blame mistakes anyone who doesn't speak english on them being a bloody stupid foreigner rather than just accepting that people make mistakes.


I haven't seen the decision yet but I have no desire to see a game where we stop for video reffing every turn around. Because make no mistake, if something like that were to come in, refs would have to use it all the time to stop them getting abuse from the whining primadonas that play the game these days.

ETA - talking to a more level headed fan there, says in honesty the ref was out of his depth for this game, but still I do not EVER want to see video reffing in football. Goalline tech I can accept as it will be (if it works how I tihnk it will) quick and painless.

This post has been edited by Macros: 05 March 2013 - 09:56 PM

[Gothos]

Macros, on 05 March 2013 - 09:50 PM, said:

you really do make a compelling case for why I often wonder why anyone would want to be a ref.
I make a mistake at work I generally blow something up, sometimes its expensive shit. But I don't get death threats and only my boss calls me stupid or a piece of shit.
never been called a peasant

ETA: I know you're not a Brit Gothos, I was suggesting you become one of the horrid middle england fuckwits who blame mistakes anyone who doesn't speak english on them being a bloody stupid foreigner rather than just accepting that people make mistakes.


I haven't seen the decision yet but I have no desire to see a game where we stop for video reffing every turn around. Because make no mistake, if something like that were to come in, refs would have to use it all the time to stop them getting abuse from the whining primadonas that play the game these days.

Just put a limit on it. In our volleyball league teams can challenge a decision, twice per set for each team. Makes its use non-abused and careful.

[Macros]

meh. I'm not a fan of the idea, this is likely something we will not agree on.

and its past my bed time.

I'm taking the moral victory

[Hinter]

On topic, Man U were beaten by a superior side - get over it. It was nothing to do with a bad referee or myopic linesmen, Real PLAYED BETTER FOOTBALL.


Off topic, but shame about those cheating peasant refs hey? All you Man U fans should go to the united nations, or God or something. Perhaps they can sort it all out for you.

[Gothos]

He wasn't exactly cheating, he was simply terrible. There should be one penalty for each club and that red was uncalled for. He got in the way of proper football, until Nani's card the game was the best match I've seen this year. After that, well... at this level, being one man down is simply terrible.

Also, that Real substitute goalie really earned his keep this match. Could very well see this game ending like 4-3 if not for both goalies' badassery...

[Satan]

I'm not a peasant. I've got an office job. And as a man with an office job, I checked the Laws of the Game to see if there was any basis for the red card.

According to Law 12,

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A player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any of the following seven offences:

• serious foul play
• [...]

Then it becomes a matter of interpretation if this was serious foul play or not. According to Interpretations of Laws of the Game, serious foul play is, amongst other things(my emphasis):

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Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.

Based on this, it may be justifiable to give Nani a red card.




That said, I would only have awarded Nani with a yellow on account of reckless play:

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"Reckless" means that the player has acted with complete disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, his opponent. A player who plays in a reckless manner must be cautioned

[Macros]

Dolmens latest picture in the paint by numbers thread.
holy shit its awesome.

[Mezla PigDog]

My current job title is Senior Scientist. Along with the other Senior Scientists in my business, we meet each week to discuss problems and plan the next batch of work. I'm the only native British person in the group with the other people being from China, India and Italy. One of the Indian ladies took to abbreviating the name of our working group in correspondance to "the SS". Now they have all taken it up and there are meeting minutes circulating the company with the email subject "SS meeting". I just replied to the group with a short desciption of what the abbreviation "SS" is historically associated with and said it is up to them if they think it is appropriate for our team. Feckin idiots but it has kept me entertained for half the day and composing the email nearly made me and a colleague suffocate from laughing so much.

[Abyss]

Mezla PigDog, on 06 March 2013 - 02:25 PM, said:

...abbreviating the name of our working group in correspondance to "the SS".... Feckin idiots ...

You could have just demanded that they address you as 'herr commandante'...

[Macros]

I should think you'd be honours to be considered the Jaguars of the science teams world.

This post has been edited by Macros: 06 March 2013 - 04:02 PM

[King Lear]

AHHHHHHHHHH interview thingy that went really well and I want this job so muuuuucchhhhhhhhh

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Today I learned, thanks to the TVTropes page for You Are In Command Now, that

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this is the origin of a french army tradition; Adjutants (a senior enlisted rank) are called "My Lieutenant" due to an incident during the napoleonic wars. A unit that was being led by its senior NCO after losing much of its officers in battle impressed Napoleon, who mistook the uniform for a Lieutenant's. When he was informed that the "brave Lieutenant" was "merely" an Adjutant, he told his staff that from now on they would be addressed as Lieutenant.

I hereby demand that everyone address me as "my Lieutenant."

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy: 07 March 2013 - 02:42 AM

[Silencer]

my Lieutenant., on 07 March 2013 - 02:41 AM, said:

Today I learned, thanks to the TVTropes page for You Are In Command Now, that

Quote

this is the origin of a french army tradition; Adjutants (a senior enlisted rank) are called "My Lieutenant" due to an incident during the napoleonic wars. A unit that was being led by its senior NCO after losing much of its officers in battle impressed Napoleon, who mistook the uniform for a Lieutenant's. When he was informed that the "brave Lieutenant" was "merely" an Adjutant, he told his staff that from now on they would be addressed as Lieutenant.

I hereby demand that everyone address me as "my Lieutenant."

Your wish...

[worry]

I forgot to toast my buns, so I ended up cooking my wieners longer than usual, and they turned out great as a result. Got brown and juicy. And they were just that much more cozy in them buns as a result. Couldn't wait to shove them in my mouth, almost kept one in each hand, but patience is a virtue. Still, went down fast and hard with nary a space for breath. Anyway, glad I did it, would recommend it to anyone else. Funny when mistakes turn into opportunities.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Buns. I read this whole paragraph as innuendo.